Office of the Historian

Abbreviations

  • ABM, anti-ballistic missile
  • ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
  • ADB, Asian Development Bank
  • ADC, aide-de-camp
  • AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
  • AFS, Afghanis, Afghan currency
  • AID, Agency for International Development
  • AID/ASIA/NE, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Bureau for Asia, Agency for International Development
  • AID/GC, Office of the General Counsel, Agency for International Development
  • AID/NESA, Bureau for Near East and South Asia, Agency for International Development
  • AID/PPC, Office of Program and Policy Coordination, Agency for International Development
  • AID/PRI/DRD, Disaster Relief Division, Office for Private Overseas Programs, Agency for International Development
  • AICC, All India Congress Committee
  • AL, Awami League (Pakistan)
  • AMCITS, American citizens
  • A/OC/T, Bureau of Administration, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Communications, Communications Center, Department of State
  • A/OPR/RS, Bureau of Administration, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations, Records Services Division, Department of State
  • AP, Associated Press
  • APC, armored personnel carrier
  • ARMATT, Army Attaché
  • ASAP, as soon as possible
  • BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation
  • BD, Bangladesh
  • BDG, Bangladesh Government
  • B/G, Brigadier General
  • BNDD, Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, Department of Justice
  • CAS, Controlled American Source
  • CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation
  • CCD, Conference of the Committee on Disarmament
  • CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
  • CF, contingency funds
  • Chicom(s), Chinese Communist(s)
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • CIA/ONE, Central Intelligence Agency, Office of National Estimates
  • CINC, Cabinet Committee for International Narcotics; Commander in Chief
  • CINCARPAC, Commander in Chief, Army, Pacific
  • CINCMEAFSA, Commander in Chief, Middle East, South Asia and Africa South of the Sahara
  • CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
  • CINCPACAF, Commander in Chief, Pacific Air Force
  • CINCPACFLT, Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet
  • CINCSTRIKE, Commander in Chief, Strike Command
  • CINCUSAFE, Commander in Chief, United States Air Forces in Europe
  • CL, commercial list
  • CND, United Nations Commission on Narcotics Drugs
  • COMECON, Council on Mutual Economic Assistance
  • CONGEN, Consulate General
  • CPM, Communist Party Madras
  • CPI, Communist Party of India
  • CTB, Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
  • CWC, Congress [Party] Working Committee, India
  • DAC, Democratic Action Committee, Pakistan
  • DATT, Defense Attaché
  • DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
  • DEA, Department of External Affairs, India
  • DefSec, Defense Secretary
  • del, delegate; delegation
  • DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
  • DL, development loan
  • DMZ, demilitarized zone
  • DOD, Department of Defense
  • DOD/ISA, Department of Defense, International Security Affairs
  • DOD/ISA/NESA, Department of Defense, International Security Affairs, Office of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
  • DRV, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
  • DSAA, Defense Security Assistance Agency
  • EA, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
  • EA/VN, Office of the Vietnam Working Group, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
  • EBR, East Bengal Regiment
  • ECAFE, United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and Far East
  • ECOSOC, United Nations Economic and Social Council
  • EEC, European Economic Community
  • ELINT, electronic intelligence
  • ENDC, Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee, Geneva
  • Emb, Embassy
  • EP, East Pakistan
  • EPADC, East Pakistan Development Corporation
  • EPCAF, East Pakistan Civil Armed Force
  • EPR, East Pakistan Rifles
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EUR/SOV, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs
  • Exdis, Exclusive Distribution (extremely limited distribution)
  • Ex-Im, Export Import Bank of Washington
  • FAO, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
  • FCO, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom
  • FDR, Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • FFW, Food for Work
  • FMS, Foreign Military Sales
  • FonMin, Foreign Minister
  • FonSec, Foreign Secretary
  • FPREPORT, Foreign Policy Report
  • FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
  • FSL, Foreign Service Local
  • FY, fiscal year
  • FYI, for your information
  • GA, United Nations General Assembly
  • GBD, Government of Bangladesh
  • GAO, General Accounting Office
  • GMT, Greenwich Mean Time
  • GNP, gross national product
  • GOBD, Government of Bangladesh
  • GOEP, Government of East Pakistan
  • GOI, Government of India
  • GON, Government of Nigeria
  • GOP, Government of Pakistan
  • GOT, Government of Turkey
  • H, Bureau of Congressional Relations, Department of State
  • HMG, Her Majestyʼs Government, United Kingdom
  • HRH, His Royal Highness
  • IA, Indian Army
  • IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
  • IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, World Bank
  • ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization
  • ICBM, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
  • ICC, International Control Commission
  • ICRC, International Committee, Red Cross
  • IDA, International Development Association
  • IFY, Indian Fiscal Year
  • IG, Inspector General
  • IMF, International Monetary Fund
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • INR/DDC, Directorate for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research
  • INR/DRR/RNA, Office of Research and Analysis for Near East and South Asia, Directorate for Regional Research, Bureau of Intelligence and Research
  • INR/DRR/RSE, Office of Research and Analysis for USSR and Eastern Europe, Directorate for Regional Research, Bureau of Intelligence and Research
  • INR/DRR/RSG, Office of Strategic and General Research, Directorate for Regional Research, Bureau of Intelligence and Research
  • INR/IL, Office of Intelligence Liaison, Bureau of Intelligence and Research
  • IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IO/UNP, Office of United Nations Political Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs
  • IRBM, Intermediate-range Ballistic Missile
  • ISID, Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (Indian and Pakistani equivalent of CIA)
  • IST, Indian Standard Time
  • J, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • JP, Justice Party, Pakistan
  • J/PM, Office of Politico-Military Affairs in the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • kg, kilogram
  • LDC, less developed country
  • Limdis, Limited Distribution
  • LTG, Lieutenant General
  • MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • MAC, Military Assistance Command
  • MAI, Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, Afghanistan
  • MAP, Military Assistance Program
  • MB, Mukti Bahini (Peopleʼs Brotherhood, East Pakistani guerrilla force)
  • MCH, Ministry of Childrenʼs Health
  • ME, Middle East
  • MEA, Ministry of External Affairs
  • MFA, Minister/Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • MIDEASTFOR, Middle East Forces
  • MIL, military
  • MINAG, Ministry of Agriculture
  • MINPLAN, Ministry of Planning
  • ML, Muslim League; military list
  • MLA, Martial Law Administrator/Administration, Pakistan
  • MNA, Member of the National Assembly, Pakistan
  • MP, Member of Parliament
  • MPA, Member of Provisional Assembly, East Pakistan
  • MPH, Ministry of Public Health
  • MPW, Ministry of Public Works
  • MT, metric ton
  • NAC, North Atlantic Council
  • NAP, National Awami Party, Pakistan
  • NAP/L, National Awami Party, Left, East Pakistan
  • NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NBC, National Broadcasting Company
  • NDF, National Democratic Front, Pakistan
  • NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NEA/INC, Country Director for India, Ceylon, Nepal, and Maldive Islands, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
  • NEA/INS, Country Director for India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Maldive Islands, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
  • NEA/PAB, Country Director for Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
  • NEA/PAF, Country Director for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
  • NEA/RA, Office of the Director of Regional Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, and South Asian Affairs
  • NEFA, Northeast Frontier Agency
  • NESA, Bureau for Near East and South Asia, Agency for International Development
  • NI, Nizam-E-Islam (Pakistani political party)
  • Niact, night action, telegram indicator requiring immediate action
  • NIC, National Intelligence Council
  • NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
  • NLF, National Liberation Front
  • Nodis, No Distribution (other than to persons indicated)
  • Noforn, no foreign dissemination
  • NPT, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
  • NSA, National Security Agency
  • NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • NSCIC, National Security Council Intelligence Committee
  • NSCIG/NEA, National Security Council Interdepartmental Group for the Near East and South Asia
  • NSDM, National Security Decision Memorandum
  • NSSM, National Security Study Memorandum
  • NVN, North Vietnam
  • NWFP, Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan
  • OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • O/CT, Bureau of Administration, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Communications, Communications Center
  • OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
  • OEP, Office of Emergency Preparedness
  • OMB, Office of Management and Budget
  • OPIC, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
  • OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • PA, purchase authorization
  • PAF, Pakistan Air Force
  • PAK, Pakistan, Pakistani
  • PAO, Public Affairs Officer
  • PDM/AL, Pro-PDM Awami League (Pakistan political party)
  • PDP, Pakistan Democratic Party
  • PIA, Pakistan International Airlines
  • PL, Public Law
  • PM, Prime Minister
  • PM, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
  • PM/AE, Office of Atomic Energy and Aero-Space, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs
  • PM/MAS, Office of Military Assistance and Sales, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs
  • PML, Pakistan Muslim League
  • PNE, Peaceful Nuclear Explosion
  • POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants
  • Polad, Political Adviser
  • PolOff, Political Officer
  • POW, prisoner of war
  • PPP, Peopleʼs Party of Pakistan
  • PR, Public Relations
  • PRC, Peopleʼs Republic of China
  • PriMin, Prime Minister
  • R&D, research and development
  • RCD, Organization of Regional Cooperation for Development
  • reftel, reference telegram
  • rep(s), representative(s)
  • res, resolution
  • RGA, Royal Government of Afghanistan
  • SALT, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
  • SCI, Bureau of International Scientific and Technological Affairs, Department of State
  • SDR(s), Special Drawing Right(s)
  • SEA, Southeast Asia
  • SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
  • Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State or his party to the Department of State
  • septel, separate telegram
  • SFRC, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
  • SIG, Senior Interdepartmental Group
  • SIGINT, signals intelligence
  • SITREP, situation report
  • SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
  • Sov, Soviet
  • S/PC, Planning and Coordination Staff, Department of State
  • S/R, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Refugee and Migration Affairs
  • SRG, Senior Review Group
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat of the Department of State
  • SVN, South Vietnam
  • SYG, United Nations Secretary-General
  • TA, technical assistance
  • TASS, Telegraphnoye Agentstvo Sovyetskogo Soyuza (Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union)
  • TDY, temporary duty
  • U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
  • UAR, United Arab Republic
  • UK, United Kingdom
  • UKG, United Kingdom Government
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNCURK, United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea
  • UNEPRO, United Nations East Pakistan Relief Operation
  • UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
  • UNHCR, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
  • UNICEF, United Nations Childrenʼs Fund
  • UNROD, United Nations Relief Operation in Dacca
  • UNSC, United Nations Security Council
  • UNSYG, United Nations Secretary-General
  • US, United States
  • USAF, United States Air Force
  • USAFI, United States Air Force Intelligence
  • USAFSS, United States Air Force Security Service
  • USAID, United States Agency for International Development
  • USCINCEUR, United States Commander in Chief, European Command
  • USCINCMEAFSA, United States Commander in Chief, Middle East, South Asia, and Africa South of the Sahara
  • USDA, United States Department of Agriculture
  • USG, United States Government
  • USIA, United States Information Agency
  • USIB, United States Intelligence Board
  • USINFO, United States Information Service
  • USIS, United States Information Service (overseas branches of USIA)
  • USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations in New York
  • VC, Vietcong
  • VOA, Voice of America
  • VOLAGS, voluntary agencies
  • VP, Vice President
  • WESTPAC, Commander, Western Pacific
  • WFP, World Food Program
  • WH, White House
  • WSAG, Washington Special Actions Group